Barry Levinson

As Sandy bears down on Maryland, we talk live with Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Dance in Ocean City. We also call out to Western Maryland to ask University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science president Don Boesch what this storm can do to the bay.

The Civil War shaped America in ways that continue to play out 150 years later. We talk with George Wunderlich, who runs the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, about how a set of orders issued in 1862 formed the basis of modern emergency medical treatment.

The Clean Water Act turns 40 this month. Bay Journal staff reporter and Midday on the Bay contributor Rona Kobell examines how the legislation passed in Congress in 1972, its successes, its failures, how it is enforced today, how it suffers from continuous assault and what the November election outcome might mean for its future. Also, an interview with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson about his newest feature film "The Bay."

The future of the health care exchange, the social media impact of the Occupy movement and the Movies segment heads to the Diner!